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Lennon and Crouch recalled by Capello

LONDON - Wes Brown and Ben Foster of Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur's Peter Crouch and Aaron Lennon were recalled to the England squad on Sunday for next month's matches against Slovenia and Croatia.

Coach Fabio Capello recalled Brown for injured United team-mate Rio Ferdinand in defence while Foster, who has recovered from injury, replaces Birmingham City's Joe Hart after missing out for the friendly against the Netherlands on August 12.

Crouch and Lennon, who both scored in a 2-1 win over Birmingham on Saturday, are back in the party after impressive early season displays for Tottenham who are joint top of the Premier League after winning their opening four matches.

Arsenal's Theo Walcott is omitted while he recovers from a back injury which has kept him sidelined so far this season.

The 24-man party will assemble next week before the friendly against Slovenia on September 5 and the Group Six World Cup qualifier with Croatia at Wembley on September 9.

England have won all seven of their World Cup qualifiers so far and will make sure of their place at next year's finals in South Africa if they beat Croatia.

The visitors will be without their main playmaker Luka Modric after he broke a bone in his fibula playing for Spurs against Birmingham on Saturday.